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=== CPU Undervolting === | === CPU Undervolting === | ||
− | There is a gentoo overlay by Michael Weber for phc_intel and phctool : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283472 | + | There is a gentoo overlay by Michael Weber for phc_intel and phctool : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283472 (but the original package from http://www.linux-phc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2 is easy to install) |
<br>(exploration notes : the phc kernel patch is included in sys-kernel/zen-sources see also : http://zen-kernel.org/included-code and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-805069.html ) | <br>(exploration notes : the phc kernel patch is included in sys-kernel/zen-sources see also : http://zen-kernel.org/included-code and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-805069.html ) | ||
Revision as of 23:16, 22 April 2010
Contents
kernel compilation
ipw2200 driver (intel wireless nic)
don't forget to compile it as a module : http://bugs.gentoo.org/202557
zen kernel
tuxonice compression
cf http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/TuxOnIce :
select lzo compression in "make menuconfig"
change tuxonice.conf accordingly
Tips
laptop_mode and other power management tips
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/power-management-guide.xml
Fan Control : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61#Fan_control
CPU Undervolting
There is a gentoo overlay by Michael Weber for phc_intel and phctool : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283472 (but the original package from http://www.linux-phc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2 is easy to install)
(exploration notes : the phc kernel patch is included in sys-kernel/zen-sources see also : http://zen-kernel.org/included-code and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-805069.html )
x11 with x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.9.1 crashing the machine
Apparently solved with x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.11.0 : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-803621.html
External Sources
- Installation tutorial (German)
- x40 Installation tutorial using acpi (German)